from a yahoo news story:
A Welsh man who was banned from paying a 650-pound (965-euro, 1,263-dollar) court debt in bronze one pence pieces said he will pay up, but using silver five pence pieces instead.
Michael Rees tried to pay the fine and costs for a careless driving conviction -- which he disputes -- with 40-pound-a-month instalments of 4,000 pennies, which is Britain's smallest denomination.
The 41-year-old said he had paid 540 pounds of the debt with wheelbarrow-loads of pennies until the fines office at Pontypridd Magistrates Court in south Wales refused to accept any more.
They cited the 1971 Coinage Act, which says bronze payments of more than 20 pence do not have to be accepted as legal tender.
Unemployed Rees agreed at a court hearing Wednesday to finish paying his debt at five-pounds-a-week in silver five pence pieces.
"It causes them a major problem because I de-bag it all and chuck it in their chute...
2007-01-04 15:36:46 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/britainjusticeoffbeat
2007-01-04 15:37:25 · update #1
We should all start paying any debt we have in pennies.
2007-01-04 15:40:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Normally, it should be okay to call such a person eccentric but in this case what could he do if he is left with only pennies collecting which may be a hobby and at the same time a way of saving a penny a day! If there is a law restricting use of pennies for payment, that law is inherently unlawful!
2007-01-04 23:44:07 · answer #2 · answered by Sami V 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Ya gotta love a guy like that. I do not see what the Court is bitc*hing about the fine is getting paid . Oh, I See they have to get off their duff and actually do some physical work to count up the cash. They are afraid they may strain something by having to do that
2007-01-04 23:45:00 · answer #3 · answered by bisquedog 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
good for him
government employees are lazy slugs, they need to be put to work whenever possible, so let 'em count the pennies
2007-01-04 23:39:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
So he broke then law, and now he's not man enough to simply pay his fine - yes, that's a fine model for our children.
2007-01-05 00:09:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
my kinda guy
2007-01-04 23:44:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
He's a childish, moronic loser; you DO know this, right?
2007-01-04 23:39:20 · answer #7 · answered by Fast Eddie B 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋